Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I refer to your fax of 16 February 1993 concerning the return you have received for completion from the Local Government Chronicle . |
| 2 | Recent times have seen a catalogue of complaints against the teaching profession ; standards of spelling , arithmetic and reading have come under attack from the government and in the media . |
| 3 | Newspapers have traditionally moved from profitability to loss and vice versa at regular intervals as their costs and revenues — always delicately balanced — have come under attack from a variety of quarters . |
| 4 | RADICAL plans to reform health service provision in the North-East have come under attack from worried union officials . |
| 5 | However , despite their economic problems , farmers have come under fire from conservation interests because of the allegedly adverse effects of modern farming practices on the environment . |
| 6 | Having reached a consensus on the shape of the interim administration , which is to steer the country to full democracy , and what that democracy should look like , they have come under pressure from the others involved in the stalled multi-party discussions about South Africa 's future . |
| 7 | The majority of English words of more than one syllable ( polysyllabic words ) have come from other languages whose way of constructing words is easily recognisable ; for example , we can see how combining ‘ mit ’ with the prefixes ‘ per- ’ , ‘ sub- ’ , ‘ com- ’ produced ‘ permit ’ , ‘ submit ’ , ‘ commit ’ , words which have come into English from Latin . |
| 8 | In biogeography it is not easy to separate natural from cultural biogeography or to disentangle the contributions which have originated in ecology from the work undertaken by physical geographers . |
| 9 | Over 15,000 piglets have died in transit from Germany at the Spanish border , after officials delayed their passage through concern that they might be carrying a newly discerned pig illness . |
| 10 | Although Essex finally agreed to provide Thomas with special teaching in a state school , his parents are dissatisfied with the quality of tuition on offer and have appealed for help from Mr Clarke , Education Secretary . |
| 11 | Detectives trying to trace the vans — a Ford Transit and a Bedford — have appealed for information from anyone who may have sold such vehicles in recent weeks . |
| 12 | POLICE investigating an attempted murder bid on a leading Shankill Road loyalist have appealed for information from anyone who witnessed the attack . |
| 13 | He commented that it was a result ‘ very similar to the reaction which I have found with water from the Chalice Well at Glastonbury ’ |
| 14 | Many people have found it has helped to make a pact with a friend who is also giving up ; or they have asked for sponsorship from their friends , fellow office workers or family ( their support will be invaluable ) . |
| 15 | Welfare fraud squads have increased for example from 800 to 1,500 in the last few years , and in 1983 the regional fraud teams ( 10 groups of 9 ) were developed , saving , it was argued in 1987 , 55 million . |
| 16 | The owners of the major-league clubs ( they have increased in number from 26 to 28 with the creation of the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies ) will also have to conclude a new contract with the players ' union . |
| 17 | ‘ The MPs have reacted to pressure from their fishing constituents , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Although it is common practice to distinguish what Henry Sweet called ‘ form-words ’ as distinct from ‘ full words ’ and to locate the former in grammar rather than lexis , it has to be noted that these ‘ form-words ’ have emerged over time from full-blown lexical sources , and for the most part still have recognizable kin which show clear signs of the relationship . |
| 19 | PLANS to create a 30-strong force of wardens to help combat petty crime in Glasgow city centre have run into opposition from the Scottish Police Federation . |
| 20 | Initiatives in under-fives and special needs in recent years have stemmed in part from these recommendations , some of which , of course , formed the basis of the 1981 Education Act . |
| 21 | Although certain routeways of international importance cross through their territory , many Yugoslav communities have lived in isolation from each other , developing unique cultural characteristics . |